The walk from Ponyville’s train station to its library ordinarily took about ten minutes—though it could easily take as much as fifteen minutes on busy market days, during special events, or when the town was under attack from some manner of eldritch abomination. However, Pencil Pusher was in no particular hurry to arrive at his destination, at least not until he had a natural-sounding conversation topic to present to Fluttershy. He managed to come up with several vague ideas, but shot them all down just as quickly: he had no clue if Fluttershy followed the local sports team (or, for that matter, if Ponyville even had a local sports team), and “How about that weather?” was just plain awkward, given the situation. This issue would be much less vexing if he had any clue how he could actually be of help now that his connections at the DOW were no longer relevant...
Pencil Pusher nearly slapped his forehead when he realized that the obvious solution had been staring him right in the face. Without further ado, he trotted over to the library, opened the door, and walked inside.
Fluttershy was conversing with two of her friends—Rarity and Twilight Sparkle, though at the moment, he couldn’t remember which was the purple unicorn and which was the white one, though he did remember that the latter of the two had gladly offered to support his pursuit of Fluttershy. Speaking of whom, Fluttershy was now wearing a silver fog suit of her own, although at the moment its cowl was hanging loosely around her neck, allowing her pink mane to flow freely. Oddly enough, she’d decided to wear her burgundy cravat and collar on top of this, but he supposed it didn’t look too bad, although Rarity (he was now feeling a bit more certain that that was the white unicorn’s name) seemed less than pleased with this decision. “Oh, Pencil Pusher! You’re back,” Fluttershy said as he closed the door behind him, giving him a warm smile. “Is there any news from Cloudsdale?”
“Uh, none that I’m aware of,” Pencil Pusher said. “Luna gave the impression that she’d talk to you herself.”
“Oh, she did,” Fluttershy said with a nod. “So, um, what brings you here, then?”
“Oh, I just wanted to know if there was anything I could do to help you out. I’d like to see this thing through to the end.”
“Really? Well, I’m sure there’s something you can do.” Fluttershy’s face was unusually hard to read. It was certainly optimistic, but it wasn’t the same kind of optimism that she had shown when she’d finally accepted that her tax problems were nonexistent. That time, there had been definite relief in Fluttershy’s demeanor, but this time, there seemed to be a vague edgy feeling that Pencil Pusher couldn’t quite identify. Then again, he had just entered the library rather suddenly, so perhaps she was still in the process of switching her attention from one thing to another. “Let’s see... maybe you can help out Rainbow Dash and the weather team. After all, you do work with the department.”
Twilight Sparkle nodded. “That sounds like a really good idea to me.”
“Impossible!” Rarity abruptly shouted, startling the other three ponies in the room. When the awkward silence that came after this outburst refused to fade, the unicorn followed up by trying to restore some normalcy. “I... I mean, Mr. Pusher can’t assist the weather team, can he? Shouldn’t those crosswinds be taken care of by now?”
“Even if they haven’t, the doctor who cleared me to return here after my injury told me to avoid unnecessary flying for at least a day,” Pencil Pusher added.
“I suppose you have a point there,” Fluttershy conceded. “Well, perhaps you can stay here with Twilight and help her analyze the data Rainbow Dash will be bringing back from the fog.”
“Oh, but I... I’m not sure that’s a good idea,” Rarity replied, her eyes darting back and forth as if she was desperately trying come up with some sort of inspiration. Pencil Pusher had seen a similar expression on Greg’s face a few times, usually when the paunchy pegasus was trying to justify something to his boss.
Pencil Pusher wasn’t entirely sure what was going on, but he had a hunch it had something to do with setting him up on a date with Fluttershy, if only because Rarity had seemed so keen on playing matchmaker the previous day. “I’m not sure I’d be of much help to Twilight,” he said. “Unless you need some sort of cost-benefit analysis, I’m out of my league when it comes to number-crunching.”
The relief on Rarity’s face was unmistakable; on seeing this Fluttershy briefly exchanged a bemused glance with Twilight Sparkle before offering another suggestion. “Well, I guess you could see if Pinkie Pie could use some help with the party. With all those foals in one place, I’m sure she can use some more supervision.”
Admittedly, this would not have been Pencil Pusher’s preference if he’d been given a choice in the matter. It wasn’t that he didn’t like foals, but being around them reminded him of his own foalhood, and his memories of himself as a colt tended to make his grown-up self want to smash his head against the nearest wall, because he had been excessively precocious and obnoxious in his youth. But, on the other hoof, this would give him a chance to show that he could be a mature, responsible authority figure around foals, which would hardly be a negative if it turned out that Fluttershy had motherhood in the back of her mind when selecting a special somepony. “That sounds alright, Fluttershy,” he said with as much confidence as he could muster. “Just tell me where to go, and I’ll pitch in.”
September 2 – 9:53 AM
Ostensibly, Rainbow Dash and Thunderlane were supposed to be checking the partially solidified band of fog at the top of the Unicorn Ridge for weaknesses that could be exploited in case the north winds weren’t enough to push the fog over the mountains on their own, but they’d already found about a dozen spots where a well-placed buck could conceivably crumble part of the unintentional wall. Of course, anypony who delivered such a buck couldn’t be wearing a fog suit at the time, which in turn meant that there was a serious risk of getting caught in the resulting fogslide unprotected, but that didn’t bother Rainbow Dash too much. After all, the most likely candidate to undertake such an emergency measure (herself) also happened to be the fastest pegasus in the history of, like, ever. No, Rainbow Dash and her second-in-command were, at that moment, discussing a topic that weighed far more heavily on her mind: her misadventures in matchmaking.
“So, uh, Thunderlane... mind if I ask you a favor?”
The black stallion stared suspiciously at his boss from beneath the silver cowl of his fog suit. “No, I am not going to use my vacation time to camp out in line for Wonderbolts tickets for you.”
“That was just a half day, and I’ve only ever asked you to do something like that once!”
“What about the time that Rich’s Barnyard Bargains got their hooves on those signed limited edition Spitfire figurines?”
“Okay, twice. But this is something completely different!”
Thunderlane sighed. “Fine... what is it?”
“The next time we stop by the library so Rarity can work on our fog suits, would it be okay if I flirted with you for a bit?”
Thunderlane’s face screwed up in utter confusion. “Excuse me?”
“I know it’s kind of out of the blue, but Fluttershy’s sort of gotten the wrong impression that I’m interested in somepony who’s interested in her, so I need her to see that I’m obviously not that interested.”
Once Thunderlane had worked out what his supervisor was trying to say, he answered her with the most prudent and sensible response he could think of: “Have you completely lost your mind?!”
“Oh, come on, it’s not like I’m asking you to do a Sonic Rainboom. You’d just have to play along for a bit.”
“Uh, boss, were you not paying attention when the Department sent that mare here to give the mandatory talk about harassment policies?”
“But it’s not really harassment if I have your permission, right?”
Thunderlane paused. “I don’t know... I can’t really remember all the details of that presentation.”
“Look, the Department’s harassment policies only go into effect if the pony being harassed files a complaint, but you won’t have to file a complaint, because I’m already telling you that I’m faking it, right?”
“Maybe... but even assuming that Fluttershy doesn’t see right through you and figure out that you’re only pretending to have a romantic interest in me, aren’t you worried about how bad you’re going to look as a result?”
“What are you talking about?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“I’m currently in a relationship,” Thunderlane replied as he rolled his eyes, giving the distinct impression that he thought he was stating the obvious.
Rainbow’s expression remained neutral, but her tone of voice suggested numb shock. “You are?”
“Yes, and I really doubt that openly flirting with a stallion whose special somepony is in the hospital with a horrifically dislocated hoof will improve anypony’s opinion of you.”
“Hold up,” Rainbow Dash said, her surprise now clearly evident on her face. “There’s another pony in there with a dislocated hoof? Well, at least Flitter will have somepony to talk to, right?”
“Flitter is my special somepony.”
“No way,” Rainbow said as she broke into a smile. “When did you two become an item?”
“We’ve been dating for more than a year now. Did you seriously not know about this?”
Rainbow Dash looked completely bewildered. “Uhh...”
Thunderlane continued, “Heck, you even told us off for focusing on each other instead of our jobs when our relationship started.”
“Oh yeah, I guess I did... but I was just joking about you two being together at the time.”
Thunderlane sighed as he pressed a hoof against his forehead. “Look, boss, if you really need somepony to flirt with, why don’t you try that desk jockey from Cloudsdale who keeps showing up around town?”
Because that would make the situation worse, Rainbow Dash didn’t say. Instead, she dropped the subject completely: “You know what? Never mind. I’ve got other things to worry about.”
September 2 – 10:06 AM
“Thank you for letting me help out, Ms. Pie.”
“Oh, there’s no need to be so formal,” Pinkie Pie said as she lead Pencil Pusher through the candy shop’s storeroom to the bunker. “I actually prefer ‘Pinkie.’” The huge door was wide open now, and many adult ponies were already bustling around the subterranean vault, putting the finishing touches on Pinkie’s perfect party plan.
As the two walked into the main room, Pinkie scanned the area, looking for a task appropriate for the new volunteer. “Let’s see... ooh, I know! You’ve been doing a lot of stuff with the fog, and the fog is basically building materials, so you should be in charge of the bounce house!”
“What?!” Pencil said, his voice becoming panicky more from his complete inability to follow Pinkie Pie’s logic than from any concerns he might have had. Leaving aside the fact that he didn’t actually have that much experience with industrial clouds, he doubted he was qualified for this sort of task. Okay, sure, it certainly looked springy and colorful and exciting, and he could easily imagine the foals shrieking gleefully as they bounded about the pseudo-building, but surely there was somepony else with more appropriate skills to handle that particular bit of equipment. “I... I really don’t think the experience translates...”
“Of course it does! When you really think about it, a bounce house is basically the same thing as a cloud house, only it’s drier, and wrapped in a cloth.”
However, when Pencil Pusher really thought about it, he concluded that the only thing bounce houses had in common with cloud houses was that both were shaped like buildings. “Um, are you sure about this, Ms. Pinkie?”
Pinkie Pie giggled. “I already told you, it’s just ‘Pinkie’ to my friends, and I haven’t met a pony who wasn’t a friend yet. Anyway, running a bounce house is simple. All you need to do is make sure that there aren’t too many foals in there at once, and to make sure that the whole place is cleared out every ten minutes so other ponies can have a turn. Oh, and you also need to make sure nopony’s getting hurt. Oh! And you might have to break up a fight if some of the foals start arguing. Oh! And you need to make sure the air compressor is running properly. If the bounce house starts to deflate, it gets less bouncy, and that can lead to nasty boo-boos. But other than that, it’s a piece of cake!”
“Uh... right,” Pencil Pusher said uncertainly. Well, look on the bright side, he thought to himself. At least she’s being cheerful and pleasant when she’s dumping responsibilities on top of you, which is more than you can say about Greg.
“Well?” Pinkie Pie said with an expectant look in her eye.
“Oh, uh, yes, this will be fine,” Pencil Pusher said as he forced himself away from his interior monologue. “I’ll be happy to run the bounce house.”
“Well, of course you will,” Pinkie Pie said, as if she had never seriously considered the possibility that anypony might refuse her offer. “It’s a bounce house, after all.”
“Ah, I see,” Pencil replied as he shifted his weight awkwardly. “So... is there something else you wanted to say?”
Pinkie Pie had a definite twinkle in her eye as she said, “The party doesn’t start for at least a half-hour. Don’t you want to give it a test run before the foals get here?”
“Oh, well, you see, to be perfectly honest... yeah, I do.”
Who wouldn't want to "test run" a bounce house?
EDIT: Maybe Greg. Guy doesn't seem to comprehend anything that doesn't benefit his career.
Payouts and me both Pencil.
Yay update!
Am I the only one who got the impression that Thunderlane thinks Rainbow has a crush on Fluttershy?
Pencil Pusher's inner child resurfacing in three...two...one...
Dangit Rainbow! Fluttershy doesn't need you to flirt with everything that moves in order to prove you have no extraordinary affection for Pen Shover.
Paper Shuffler, you go enjoy that bounce house! That's an order.
Oh lord, Dash. When you're at the bottom of a hole, stop digging in new and creative and unsupervised ways.
LULZ! SO MUCH LULZ!
Rainbow is denser than that damn fog bank!
Well, there's always Big Macintosh... Which would of course lead to having to explain this whole ridonkulous situation to you-know-who...
Great
Boy, Pencil Pusher doesn't dick around. That came out wrong.
Now Pencil Pusher is going to have to try keeping the CMC from ditching the party.
I foresee a bouncy house sabotage cutie mark being attempted in the near future.
Aha! More evidence that fate has chosen Pencil Dash/Rainbow Pusher as the flagship of this story.
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And even then it's questionable...
I never really expected this to hit 100k when it started. Not that I'm complaining, mind you.
4679260 - You never expected it? I originally thought it would be a 5,000-word one-shot!
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Haven't read yet, but saw this in the comments. I have to say that even without Dashie being gay, in the fics she is straight **, Big Mac is the worst ship. They have nothing in common, he's non-competitive, he speaks 90% of the time with only two words, and it litterally makes no sense.
Now Big Mac and Fluttershy, that makes sense in shipping (he's quite enough and subdued enough not to spook her; he spends most of his time with nature tending the earth, Flutters spends a majority of her time out with nature tending to her animals. And with that skill could help with the farm; They both aren't competitive ponies and have similar personalities.)
But Big Mac and Dashie is a rant worthy ship. Not just because of her being with a dude, but because a) not Soarin, b) nothing about the ship makes sense, and c) urgh! Worst ship ever.
Nonetheless can't wait to get started on this fic, when I finish up my other light readings.
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Reading comments before reading fic?! Sacrilege.
Anyway, you require context. Not to spoil anything, as I absolutely loathe spoilers, but Dashie is sort of desperate, because of reasons. And Big Mac is:
1. Readily available.
2. Not in a relationship.
3. Likely the first stallion anybody thinks of in Ponyville.
4. Cheerilee secretly actually having feelings for him and going all yandere when she finds out would be absolutely hilarious... NOT THAT THIS WAS MY ULTERIOR MOTIVE ALL ALONG OR ANYTHING!!! *insert Liarjack.gif*
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Ah! So yeah in context. Poor Dashie, doesn't she know that Ashleigh Ball said she's a lesbian?* And I agree, when Cheers finds out and goes all Yandre I'll laugh so hard I'll explode into muffins and confetti.
I can't wait to read this fic now, although I've the feeling I'll need to comfort my Dashie stuffy while reading this fic (Either that or let her ride Mr. Webby.) Thank you for the heads up, and the context. *bro hoof*
*: An aside: Links to a fic that you should know is a M rated fic. Don't read past that linked comment if you don't want to read the linked fic. And you don't have to click the link if you don't want to.
Genie from Aladdin has the perfect advice for Rainbow Dash: Tell her the TRUTH!!
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wow these chapters are getting way to short it took what 5 mins to read this if that and how long have i been waiting for an update!!! your killing me here hasent anyone told you its not nice to kill your readers?
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Can you please PM me the link to those comics? I think my mind's been officially blown.
Nobody can refuse a bounce house.
4678283 Oh my, was the talk of his youth a chekov's gun?
Did Pencil just cost/benefit analysis his response in terms of furthering his relationship with Fluttershy? Now this is a stallion who is truly a master of his art.
4679415 One little point on Rainbow. While there are obvious problems shipping her with Big Mac, she does need a less competitive partner or else things will inevitably spiral out of control on a regular basis the way they do with AJ because neither one will back down. That kind of bickering is fine with a friend who you can get some distance from for a while without problems, but it is just asking for a rough breakup and possibly cheating in a romantic relationship.
Of course, Soarin' does seem to fit the bill on this point because he is definitely willing to concede defeat when needed, although that is probably intentional because there are strong signs that the writers are setting him up to be Rainbow's boyfriend.
Of course, none of this matters to this story because there are no real signs of Rainbow actually getting into a relationship with anyone...yet.
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Actually writers confirmed she's lesbian (well said she is). Or do you mean in this fic? As for on a shipping standpoint. While I can agree that too competitive would spiral outwards. She's the kind of pony who either needs somepony who could take her out of her comfort zone and open her to new experiences, an active pony who can keep up with her as well as share her time / activities with, and / or some pony who has just enough similarites to keep her engaged and interested.
Big Mac has none of those. He lives, breathes, and sweats farm work 95% of his awake time. He's not sports activate / orientated, isn't the type of physical that would share with Rainbow Dash (Especially with how hard and tedious farm work is), has no time for Wonderbolts shows nor probably any interest in them, and has nothing similar to her.
Now for this fic I can see Soarin, or even Thunderlane (if Kwakerjack is going for a straight thing, even Snowflake was in the Wonderbolts Academy (Equestrian Games flight one I'm ignoring since they not only ignored canon they previously established, but messed up that character bad). But truth is Canonically there are 488 females and 264 males (1.85 females per 1 male) so it's more likely for her to end up with a mare than Stallion, especially one that would line up with her personalities as well as have a life she could share with.
Yaay, bounce house. Wonder if it has a mesh over teh top to prevent launch ejections.
If the next chapter doesn't have Pencil Pusher having the time of his life in that bounce house, I'll be so disappointed.
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Hey.
Hey you.
With the face.
Stop that. At least you got an update to read at all.
4680466 - Actually, I've always felt rather ambivalent about Rainbow Dash's orientation. It sometimes feels like she gets designated as a lesbian because she conforms to a checklist of stereotypes, and I've never liked that kind of predictability in a character. If anything, I usually conceive of her as asexual.
As far as gender ratios go, I've always assumed it's roughly 50-50, and that the reason we see more female characters than male characters is because little girls (who are, after all, still the show's primary demographic) prefer stories about female characters.
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Actually I did the math from S1-S3, counting the males and females foreground and background and I even made a spiffy blog Showing the cannon gender split. That thing took me an hr and 45 mins to go through every pony.
So the 1.85:1 was the end result of the calculations. Which technically is slightly higher than post civil war gender split [US Civil war was 1.45 females/ male] on Earth. Of course on earth: You have a high range of 4.8 males/ female to a min of 0.44 males/female. Human Sex Ratio wiki lists natural birth at around 1.06 males/female [average with a low of .94 m/f and max of 1.14 m/f world wide].
And do you mean Asexual as:
Detest sex, and physical intimacy.
or
Is more interested in emotional closeness, with being okay with kissing [maybe], hugging, cuddling / other light forms of physical intimacy but uncomfortable with the idea of sexual intercourse?
But as for Lesbian. For me it's less of a cliche and as much as it is her over all personality to be more physically affectionate / resonates / interacts with mares more than stallions [at least on the show], and that she's always talking about in a rather extremely giddy manner all matter of females she idolizes. With less intensity when dealing with males. [btw: I don't see her as a feminazi male hater, or wouldn't chill as "one of the guys". But nothing that I've seen screams straight. Add in the over all lack of males [foreground and background as well as support] that show up in the show, it makes sense that she'd be more female orientated.]
Although Asexual and ambivalent does sound better. More into emotional connections and concepts rather than purely physical traits [like how she picked her pets based off of concepts [awesomeness, radicalness, coolness, and loyalty] first, and appearances second].
4680728 - Actually, I presume that the reason that background ponies are overwhelmingly female is the same reason that the main characters are: little girls want female characters as toys, and just because they don't bother showing the stallions in a shot, that doesn't mean they don't exist. But as to asexual, I mean that physical intimacy isn't important to her. She doesn't feel revulsion towards sex, nor does she have a preference for less intense forms of intimacy. I tend to see her as being completely and utterly neutral on both sexuality and romance. She's the kind of person for whom celibacy would be no sacrifice, because she never had much interest in that which is being forfeited in the first place.
4680996 Perhaps gender equality in jobs hasn't happened on Equestria yet and the split is actually about 50/50, but all the stallions are always at work. The mayor being female is an exception rather than the rule.
Not saying that's how it is, just one possible justification.
The stories is so juicy atm,, loving the drama
Gonna agree with Kwak here, I think gender ratios aren't as one sided as it seems, they just don't show any of the guys. Or at the very least the vast majority of them are guards.
Looking forward to more!
P.S. Who, whom is capable of using one, doesn't like a bounce house.
As long as no one tries to make waffles in the bounce house, that should go swimmingly.
Also, no word from the Crusaders this chapter. And with them, no news is bad news...
Looking forward to more, especially if Dash decides to just cut through the crap. Hopefully in a way that won't make Fluttershy think she protests too much.
4680466 I am with you on Rainbow's personality and needs, I was just pointing out that she cannot get along with a highly competitive individual so that is not a strike against Big Mac. It does not really matter all that much because there are a ton of other problems as you pointed out, but it is not fair to say his noncompetitive nature is a problem.
Also, I am really curious where you got Dash being a canon lesbian from because it seemed to me like they were making a conscious effort to set up Soarin as a future romantic partner in season 4.
4680686 You know, it would be hilarious if Pencil winds up with Pinkie after this. Everyone is playing their love games, then bam, random Pinkie out of nowhere.
4681558 The guards theory holds no water because they make up such a tiny percentage of the population. In the US, a grand total of about 1% of the total population is in all active duty uniformed services and law enforcement agencies combined with about another .5% in the various reserve formations. That is nowhere near enough to appreciably skew the gender ratio even if they are all male, and I seriously doubt Equestria has as large a percentage in uniform as we do based on the show which makes that argument even weaker.
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That's why I say Dash is a lesbian. Her VA has her as gay, and the Director approves of RariDash [as awesome].
But yeah, even though BM's just too non-competitive. By competitive I mean not one-upmanship, but rather a pony that can keep up with her, and can challenge her somewhat. I agree on the show, Soarin would be nice, but she's more into Daring Doo, Spitfire, and mares as a whole (in terms of excitability, and fangirlness. She's much more subdued when talking to or about Stallions).
4683048 The first one is a VA who (as far as I know) has no control over the story so her words are no more canon than mine on this subject. You also have to consider the fact that the picture was specifically posted for World Pride day so it only makes sense that it would show lesbians. Then you also have to remember that she did not just post Rainbow but AJ as well so you have to consider that it may just have been her posting the two characters she voices and nothing more.
The second one says outright that it was something her daughter did so it is hard to take that as anything other than a parent being proud of their child.
The net result is that there is still no canon information on her sexual preferences, although I am inclined to agree with Kwakerjak on this one because I see her being more interested in flying than sex or romance. That does not mean it could not happen, but it does mean that I do not see her looking for anything romantic with anyone regardless of gender.
Moving on, you seem to be confusing competitiveness with physical fitness which are totally unrelated concepts. Competitiveness describes the psychological need to be better than others and to prove it in some way, usually boasting and direct competition. Physical fitness is the physical condition of the body and its ability to do things like intense flying. Lots of professional video game players are highly competitive but are in terrible physical condition because it does not matter to them, while lots of people work out for fun so they are in great shape but do not care at all about how they stack up against others so they are totally noncompetitive. Rainbow is clearly both highly competitive and in excellent physical condition while Big Mac is in great physical condition (he cannot fly which is a problem for Rainbow, but we all know how strong he is) but not at all competitive.
As for your last bit, Rainbow is mostly focused on Spitfire because she is the captain of the Wonderbolts which automatically makes her better than the rest (although this seems to be changing based on what Rainbow learned about her in season 4). We have also seen her getting focused on others including Soarin' who got specific attention back in the season 2 finale.
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Also, Dairing Doo is a fictional character (or was, I am still not sure how I feel about making her a real pony) so it is hard to separate Rainbow's feelings for the character from the fiction.
I just realized this: Zecora's hut is very well insulated, but the old castle is still a crumbling ruin. Those old books and tapestries are going to have a tough time in the fog. Don't get me wrong, Fluttershy's plan is still the best option, but no plan is ever perfect.
Pencil, you will love the bounce house :)
I feel like when this is finished it will become a semi classic in pony fiction, but not a full one only because of lesser popularity.
4685116 - Given that this takes place between seasons 2 and 3, I think it's safe to say that nopony who would care is even aware of the old castle's extensive library yet, so there's no reason for it to be taken into account.
4687263 That's true, and heck, it might just save Rarity from some future Manifestation Inspiration.
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Come on like the platinum crown nor sweetiebell chronicles have updated yet lmao only god knows if ill ever live to see a end of ponies update never mind like a dozen others and finally an updateand then....its done 2 mins later and this fic use to have longer updates too! at least give us like 5000 worlds
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Longer updates?
Other than Chapter 1, there are only 5 chapters that are even over 3,000 words. This chapter is right at about the average for the story, so be thankful for that.
Also, if you can keep track of 5,000 separate worlds, then more power to you.
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Word's 5000 words not worlds lol my bad!
And yes I am grateful its an excellent story! but to get into a chapter and then have it end so fast kinda kills sum of the enjoyment for me. granted this author does update fairly quickly but I don't know it might be worth waiting a bit longer for a longer chapter. really short chapters seem kinda rushed to me like they get put out just so people don't forget about the story but it makes the story feel kinda choppy dosent give enough time for situations to really develop and add weight to things.what do I know tho iam just a dumb bird annoyed over something silly I suppose
4688666 - Well, I won't be writing longer chapters for this story any time soon, because early on I decided to keep the chapters short to make the pacing as fast as possible. In the rare instances where I end up writing about 5,000 words or more, the chapter gets split into smaller chapters.
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Very well then keep up the good work !
You had me at the summary. This is going on my list.